Definitions
invade in great numbers
Word origin
From Middle English infesten, from Old French infester (“to infest”), from Latin īnfestō (“assail, molest”, verb), from īnfestus (“hostile”), of uncertain origin.
Used in a sentence
“Insects are infesting my basement!”
“I come now to speak of the Pyrates infesting the West-Indies, where they are more numerous than in any other Parts of the World, on several Reasons […]”
“He stayed not t’advize, which way were best His foe t’assayle, or how himselfe to gard, But with fierce fury and with force infest Upon him ran […]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Invade in numbers”6 letters
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